WITH YOUR HE HEADLINES AROUND AMERICA, NEKI MOHAN, LOCAL10 NEWS. IN TODAY'S HEALTH CAST, HAVE YOU NOTICED A GROWING NUMBERS OF ADULTERERS GETTING BRACES? IT'S A GROWING BUSINESS. MOST PEOPLE THINK BRACES ARE JUST FOR GETTING A BETTER SMILE BUT THERE ARE A LOT MORE BENEFITS THAN JUST A COSMETIC BOOST. Y YO THINK YOU'RE TOO OLD TO GET BRACES. Reporter: OLGA COLOGNE AND ONE OF THE 1 MILLION ADULTS NOW GETTING BRACES. SHE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM WHEN SHE WAS A KID. GROWING UP THERE WASN'T THE MONEY. NEUM DOING IT MY OWN. Reporter: SHE'S PART OF A GROWING TREND OF ADULTS GETTING BRACES. I WOULD SAY MOST OF MY PATIENTS, 80%, ARE ADULTS. ALONG THE WORRIES FIREARMS LIKE OLGA SOME ADULTS WHO WORE BRACES IN CHILDHOOD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SECOND TREATMENT BECAUSE THEIR TEETH HAVE MOVED. YOU SHOULD KEEP WEARING YOUR RETAINERS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ONCE YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR TREATMENT BECAUSE THIEVESSA MEMORY AND GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE. BRACES CAN ALSO IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL HEALTH. CROWDED TEETH ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PLAQUE BUILDUP WHICH CAN LEAD TO POUR I DON'T DON'T DISEASE AND THAT HAS BEEN LINKED TO DISEASES. IT CAN LEAD TO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT WEIGHT IN CHILDREN, HEART DISEASE DEVELOPING MANY OTHER TYPE OF PROBLEMS THAT WE DON'T SEE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEALTHIER, STRAIGHTER TEETH. AND BRACES CAN HEPAVOID DENTURES LATER IN LIFE. BECAUSE OF A LACK OF THE

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